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Updated | Rampage in Merchants Street sees car end in Paola ditch
A Mercedes driven by a Swede drove through Merchants Street in Valletta and hit a 37-year-old woman and later on crashed into a Toyota near the Addolorata Cemetery where it overturned in a ditch.
Police have confirmed the driver's condition as grievous. No other information has been made available.
Late Friday evening a 45-year-old male of Swedish nationality, residing in Sliema, drove right through Merchants Street in Valletta into the street furniture and injured a 37-year-old woman residing in Mosta.
An ambulance took the woman to Mater Dei Hospital where she was certified to be suffering from critical injuries.
The man – who was a driving a Mercedes with a foreign number plate – was later involved in a traffic accident near the Addolorata Cemetery in Paola as he crashed into a Toyota in Labour Street. The Mercedes ended up in a reservoir and caught fire.
An ambulance was called on site and took the driver to the hospital.
Police investigation is ongoing.
